PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

Complex sales examples Complex sales are common in SaaS, B2B, and service industries, such as with the following: Software with customizations, options, or add-ons Financial or consultative services Selling products or services to large organizations Whats the difference between complex and transactional sales?

Objectives and Key Results

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This means giving up after the first “no” is a missed opportunity. This guide will help you master the objection handling process, break down common objections with practical approaches, and assess your skills with a confidence scorecard so you can turn hesitant prospects into loyal customers.

Objection handling

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

So I always like to tee it up a little bit for the listeners. You know, a bunch of Q& A and sort of objection handling. Just because You know, those AEs, they’re hard to hire, they’re important to train, they’re expensive, and so getting them set up for success is important. Joe DiMento: Yeah.

GTM

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Whether you’re upgrading your current process or looking for fresh techniques, these are the best methods to set you up for a successful year. Use templates to personalize the message: A great framework to follow is: “We help [target market] achieve [specific outcome] without [common objection].”

Territory

Salesforce

APRIL 16, 2025

Sometimes, teaching videos are prerecorded so you can follow along at your own pace. Topics could include a deep-dive discovery, advanced closing techniques, objection handling, negotiation skills, and buyer psychology. Sign up now Thanks, you’re subscribed! We’ll highlight a few courses below.

Technique

Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 18, 2021

Why should people follow your government’s advice?”. Sure, there are a few bad actors here and there, but the majority of our people follow the public health guidelines because they know deep down it’s the right thing to do. ”. Note : the make-up of this large health command table has remained a mystery since the start of the pandemic.

Objection handling

Salesforce

APRIL 11, 2023

We learned very quickly that the biggest obstacle to closing new business isn’t the objections themselves, it’s how the team manages the objections. The key to effective objection handling is using a question-based framework that puts the prospect at ease. Why is objection handling important?

Objection handling

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Negotiating is one of the most important skills salespeople can develop, yet it’s often overlooked. Which is a real problem… Because after you’ve put effort and resources into researching and creating a solid pitch and proposal, it only makes sense to come to the table prepared to negotiate with the prospect.

Negotiate

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Another truth: Longer emails are significantly more effective in booking a meeting: More specifically, prospecting follow-up emails 4+ sentences long are 15x more effective in booking cold prospects than shorter emails. You’ve sent a (long) follow-up email. Something that “wakes up” the brain. A new speaker.

Cold Call

Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sales professionals not only convert prospects into buyers, they hold the power to negotiate, upsell, and even problem-solve after the initial purchase is made. Objection Handling Call During an objection handling call, you address and overcome any objections or concerns that the prospect raises.

Objection handling

Hubspot

MARCH 20, 2018

When we talk about objection handling in sales, it is often focused on the later stages of the buying cycle, usually during negotiations. We focus on pricing and timing issues -- the types of objections that prevent a deal from closing. When is a good time to schedule a follow up call?". The Gatekeeper.

Prospecting

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

No, I’m not setting you up for a line like, “How many self help gurus does it take to screw in a light bulb,” or “What do you call 100 sales thought leaders sitting at the bottom of the ocean?” ” I’m actually quite serious. It would probably be different from most other sales books you read.

Objection handling

Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sales negotiations can be tense and anxiety-ridden. Sales negotiation is a skill that can be learned which is great news, because let’s be honest, not all of us are born sellers. So what’s the secret to building lasting relationships and negotiating the deal? Why is Sales Negotiation Important? You’ll have to read on.

Negotiate

Outreach

APRIL 9, 2019

The outbound sales process generally adheres to the following sequence: Prospecting Research Connecting Needs Assessment Presentation/Proposal Follow Up Negotiation/Objection Handling Closing In outbound sales, sellers initiate the relationship and drive interactions with target B2B buyers.

B2B

Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s no different in sales — only instead of game rules, you use a sales cycle to make sure you’re following the right steps at the right time. A sales cycle is the collection of sequential stages sales reps follow when converting a prospect into a customer. What you’ll learn: What is a sales cycle? Why is a sales cycle important?

Objectives and Key Results

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Competencies can be anything from listening and closing skills to negotiation skills and objection-handling – anything a rep needs to be proficient at to be successful. For example, if a rep has her first prospecting call in 14 days, set up relevant training, a video coaching assessment (i.e., What’s not working?

Objectives and Key Results

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And there’s an entire section on cold calling scripts — complete with objection handling for just about every scenario you can imagine. As soon as your buyer picks up the phone, start talking. They could look like, “Tell me about what keeps you up at night?”. Note the “if yes” follow-up question — also closed.

Cold Call

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A sales cycle is a term used to describe the sales process steps, beginning when a sales rep identifies a potential customer to follow up after closing the sale. This information will help you when coming up with the perfect sales pitch that will appeal to your prospect and sell the value of whatever product/ service you might offer.

Sales

Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

It leads your sales reps through various scenarios: how to prospect, when to sell what product or service, how to overcome common objections, what to negotiate for (and how ) to name a few. Objection handling. A sales playbook resource library includes the following: . Best-in-class sales playbooks include: .

Territory

Hubspot

APRIL 2, 2018

I wanted to follow up on the proposal.”. "Do Finally, I picked up the phone and called my prospect’s office. Use it to coordinate meetings, set up calls, and confirm next steps -- but don’t use it to advance an opportunity. Phrases to avoid in email: “I wanted to follow up on the proposal.”. “Do

Prospecting

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In sports, a playbook charts out potential in-game scenarios, containing your team’s strategies and guiding your path from where you are in the “game” to where you want to to end up. A good sales playbook breaks down your sales process—think buyer personas, call scripts, discovery, scoping and negotiation questions, and deal intelligence.

Sales

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 3, 2019

So if you think about the core pillars of what makes a great set of sales skills, you’ve got things like discovery, you’ve got things like prospecting, and objection handling, and presenting and negotiation. And still, if you’re weak, for example, at objection handling, that is your weakest link.

Objection handling

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Another truth: Longer emails are significantly more effective in booking a meeting: More specifically, prospecting follow-up emails 4+ sentences long are 15x more effective in booking cold prospects than shorter emails. You’ve sent a (long) follow-up email. Something that “wakes up” the brain. A new speaker.

Cold Call

Sales Hacker

MAY 31, 2019

But the wrong technology (or the right technology at the wrong time) can end up costing you. Look for up-skill opportunities. Follow the money. The Up-Skill Battle. There are some great tools for up-skilling your salespeople, but like most things, a tool is what you use to fix a thing you already know needs fixing.

Objection handling

criteria for success

MARCH 11, 2020

The opposite, a bottom-line, risk-taking buyer, will also raise an objection or concern to test your abilities or determine whether they can trust you. Objections are Opportunities. Fine-tuning your objection handling process can actually improve the quality of the conversation for both parties. Determine value/ROI.

Closing

Gong.io

MAY 12, 2019

That phrase should have been put to bed ages ago, but it’s in enough sales books that new recruits still pick it up. It works in some situations (like negotiations), but it doesn’t work on cold calls. Put worries to rest as quickly as possible by following up on your full name, company name, and “How’ve you been?”,

Cold Call

Closing Bigger

JANUARY 7, 2020

In today’s podcast I talk about the 8 rules that will help you understand the Right Brained Sales Revolution: If you commodify your clients they will commodify you Don’t aim to fit the sales culture, aim to be indispensable If it’s predictable, duplicable and repetitive it will be automated People skills eat sales hacking skills for breakfast Stop (..)

Objection handling

Closing Bigger

JANUARY 7, 2020

Relationships scale sales followers don’t. No leapfrogging, once you have invested 10,000 hours in right brain selling there is no hack to catch up. Objection Handling Skills. Negotiations. Relationships scale sales followers don’t. Objection Handling Skills. Negotiations.

Objection handling

Sales Hacker

MAY 14, 2018

In today’s fast-paced world, you need to get your junior reps up to speed quickly. Because they know they can’t maintain growth and compete without a consistent, cross-functional strategy that does the following: Optimizes the onboarding process for new sales reps. It doesn’t matter if your product or service is the best in the world.

Objectives and Key Results

The 5% Institute

JUNE 8, 2023

Provide them with up-to-date market trends, recent sales data, and comparable property prices to support your arguments. In the next section, we will highlight the importance of follow-up in the objection-handling process. Handling Real Estate Objections FAQs How do I handle objections about property pricing?

Real Estate

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Let’s say you’re looking to implement a new email marketing campaign , and you need an email automation platform to set it up. Depending on their role within the team, inside sales reps engage in research, prospecting, email and social media outreach, cold calling, lead nurturing, qualification, demonstration, and negotiation conversations.

Inside sales

Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Bonus: 7 ChatGPT Prompts for Selling to the C-Suite Table of contents What AI can do for AEs Introduction to ChatGPT Easy guide: How to set up and use ChatGPT 5 things you should use ChatGPT for right now (with prompts!) Here’s an example prompt: Set this up, tune it to your needs, and then paste your proposals in, one after another!

Objectives and Key Results

Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. It starts with prospecting for potential leads, then moves through to negotiation and closing the deal. Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches.

Technique

Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

Sales skills enable sellers to persuade, negotiate, and communicate effectively. Objection handling: Teaching sellers to overcome fear, uncertainty, and doubt using objection-handling strategies, such as good communication, competitive intelligence, and product and industry knowledge, will help ease customer opposition.

Objectives and Key Results

Sales Hacker

APRIL 26, 2018

Using a business-centric frame of reference, he or she should be able to perform the following: See the big picture as well as the little details comprising a business organization. Quite a number of popular business personalities pop up each time the term “business acumen” is used. Bonus: 45 Best Sales Podcasts to Follow in 2018.

Drivers/motivators

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

A sales playbook is a comprehensive collection of all your sales strategies, tactics, tools, and best practices for your salespeople to use and follow. Free up time and mental space for sales reps Let your salespeople do what they do best: sell! What is a sales playbook? The result? Let’s look at the details.

Objectives and Key Results

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Benefits of a playbook Sales plays to include in your playbook How to write an effective playbook How to keep your playbook up to date 7 sales playbook types and examples Make your enablement about results, not effort Close your revenue gaps and get more out of every rep — with Sales Programs delivered in your CRM. What are sales plays?

Objectives and Key Results